Английский ЕГЭ - банк заданий - страница 372
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The phrase "glossed up" in "so casually and misleadingly glossed up." (paragraph 5) is synonymous to...
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Across the Pacific
A French swimmer will try to become the ________ person to swim across the Pacific Ocean. Ben Lecomte, 51, set off from Japan on Tuesday on his superhuman task of crossing the ocean. He will have to swim for eight hours a day to reach his target on the west coast of the USA. (ONE)
He will also have to face many dangers. There will be sharks, jellyfish, storms, rough seas, and very low water temperatures. In 1998, Lecomte made the solo trans-Atlantic swim. It ________ him 73 days to cover the 6,400 km. (TAKE)
When he reached dry land, he ________ to do such experiments again but obviously he changed his mind. (NOT WANT)
Jobs for robots
Robots are taking over more and more aspects of our lives, and jobs. The ________ occupation to feel threatened by the march of technology is carpentry. For thousands of years, skilled carpenters have made furniture from wood. (LATE)